After working as a stage hand and sound company assistant from 1993-1996 Alejandro attended California Recording Institute's Recording Engineering Program in San Francisco, CA in 1997, opened his first recording studio in 1999 after becoming a certified Pro Tools operator and has been active ever since, tracking, mixing material for renowned metal artists like Inquisition, Exhumed, Gruesome, Noisem and others and serving as a live sound engineer and stage technician to several touring performers like Carcass, DEVO, Blondie, Fear Factory and more. He's also been a session musician, performing live and in the studio with the likes of Nausea, Vallenfyre, Agony and DDLM. He currently resides in Los Angeles, where he runs AC Estudio and plays guitar and bass for metal acts like Pounder and Burial Service.
Recent credits include Inquisition's latest acclaimed album "Black Mass for a Mass Grave and the yet-to-be-released anticipated follow up, Exhumed's back to form masterpieces "Horror" and "To the Dead" and Pounder's anthemic 2020 and 2023 albums "Breaking the World" and "Thunderforge" among others.
AC proudly endorses Klein Audio Design pedals and Black Harbor Strings.
Notable credits include production and engineering of the highly anticipated second Cartilage full length and previous EP, tracking of the new Dipygus album "Bush Meat", mastering of the crushing Noisem album "Diabolic Vivification" and production and engineering of the new Scarecrow EP "Raise the Death's Head". Currently in the works, Inquisition's 2023 new record, new Black Water Sunset album and Pounder album #3 "Thunderforge".
